Delicious takoyaki from the Juragan Takoyaki's shop

One day, in 2013, my friend's brother asked me to work with him as a cook at the shop he had just built. The shop is called Juragan Takoyaki. The shop sells several Japanese foods such as takoyaki, okonomiyaki, and yakiudon.

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I quite like cooking. Some of my friends who have tasted my cooking said my cooking was really good. It seems that I was gifted with hereditary talent from my mother, because her cooking is delicious. Even my mother often got a job cooking at weddings in the area where I live. There is no doubt that my mother is the world's top chef.

I was trained to cook takoyaki, okonomiyaki, and yakiudon by a friend of the owner of the shop--he is a former chef of a Japanese restaurant in Singapore. It didn't take long, within a week I was already good at making Takoyaki, okonomiyaki, and yakiudon. It didn't take long for me to work there either, only up to 4 months. After I quit, the business continued to run and even grew rapidly. Until 2018, my friend's brother decided not to continue the business and switch to another business. The Juragan Takoyaki's business is now taken over by his parents and only serves the purchase of ingredients by partners who have collaborated to open Juragan Takoyaki shops in several areas.

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In February 2021, I decided to work with my friend's parents to create my own Takoyaki Shop. I just need to buy the ingredients from my friend's parents. Until now, apart from working as an online driver, I also have a Takoyaki shop in my own house. My shop only serves take away and delivery purchases through the application due to the effects of the covid-19 pandemic.

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Now, it's time for me to tell you how delicious the Takoyaki from my shop is. Takoyaki is a round food like balls, the size is about 3 to 5 cm. This food is made from flour dough in which there are pieces of octopus. Then smeared with a special sauce that tastes savory, slightly sour and slightly sweet, finally sprinkled with katsuobushi (smashed/shredded skipjack tuna). Historically, this food is a specialty of the Kansai region, Japan.

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Juragan Takoyaki's signature sauce is very different from other takoyaki. The taste is more dominantly sweet and fresh taste, almost like tomato sauce, but more savory. The flour dough is also soft, and the octopus that is put in the dough is half-cooked first. If you've tried it once, you'll be addicted. Ahaha

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If you visit Indonesia, especially to the Puspiptek area of ​​South Tangerang, don't forget to taste Takoyaki from my shop, Juragan Takoyaki Puspiptek. Thanks for reading :)